“Perhaps the less we have, the more we are required to brag.”
― East of Eden
― East of Eden
“The most beautiful women I have known had one thing in common apart from beauty: humility. It's a shame that those with less to boast about do it the most.”
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“The truest human is the one whose conduct proceeds from goodwill and an acute sense of propriety, and whose self control is equal to all emergencies; who does not make the poor man conscious of his poverty, the obscure man of his obscurity, or any man of his inferiority or deformity; who is himself humbled if necessity compels him to humble another; who does not flatter wealth, cringe before power, or boast of his own possessions or achievements; who speaks with frankness but always with sincerity and sympathy; whose deed follows his word; who thinks of the rights and feelings of others rather than his own; and who appears well in any company, a man with whom honor is sacred and virtue safe.”
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“Can you imagine a life with no fear? What if faith, not fear, was your default reaction to threats?”
― Fearless: Imagine Your Life Without Fear
― Fearless: Imagine Your Life Without Fear
“To be perfect is to be doing the best you can under the circumstances you are in.”
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